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SHIYAN 27C, 63601

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIYAN 27C, 63601 is a payload satellite owned by CAST (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 18 Apr 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

63601, 2025-078C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Defense Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

SW27, Unknown motor

Mass

300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-04-18 (3 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 5.0 m

Radar Cross Section

13.200 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 SHIYAN 27C
1 63601U 25078C   25199.58851149  .00000003  00000-0  66367-4 0  9990
2 63601  99.6918 206.8611 0001172  89.9966 270.1306 13.57207279 12287

Epoch: 2025-07-18T14:07Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T14:07:27.392Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

58.35917°

Altitude

1,048.653 km

Speed

7.328 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 47m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

1.59754°

Longitude

58.45087°

Altitude

1,048.421 km

Speed

7.328 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 18m 54s

Apparent Declination

-43° 41' 19"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:46:14

Azimuth

136.298° SSE

Elevation

-13.707°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,044.02 km

Perigee altitude

1,042.28 km

Semi-major axis

7,421.287 km

Eccentricity

0.00012

Inclination

99.6918°

RAAN

206.8611°

Arg. of periapsis

89.9966°

True anomaly

270.11717°

Mean anomaly

270.1306°

Eccentric anomaly

270.12388°

Mean motion

3.39488 °/min

Orbital period

106.04 mins

BSTAR

0.000066367

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SHIYAN 27C Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
9 mins	2025-07-18 23:07:42.344Z	107.37° ESE	2025-07-18 23:11:42.344Z	62.881° ENE	22.828°	2025-07-18 23:16:42.344Z	10.444° NNE
11 mins	2025-07-19 00:50:42.344Z	183.259° SSW	2025-07-19 00:55:42.344Z	248.882° W	39.74°	2025-07-19 01:01:42.344Z	335.365° NNW
6 mins	2025-07-19 12:00:42.344Z	65.04° ENE	2025-07-19 12:02:42.344Z	86.335° E	16.835°	2025-07-19 12:06:42.344Z	127.68° SE
10 mins	2025-07-19 13:43:42.344Z	7.992° NNE	2025-07-19 13:48:42.344Z	260.036° W	43.127°	2025-07-19 13:53:42.344Z	206.584° SW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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